MegaHashes t1_is9zkrl wrote
Reply to comment by pantsonhead in NASA has invented a new type of high-performance battery that researchers claim could be used to power fully electric airplanes. by phife_is_a_dawg
We need r/TheyDidTheMath on the case to prove that.
Commercial airliners never fly on empty, and you can’t gain more jet fuel by covering planes with solar panels they way you can with electricity.
The technology isn’t there yet, and I’m not suggesting it is. My suggestion was only that the energy density numbers don’t tell the full story because of inherent losses when using that energy source.
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